US9293826B2 - Planar inverted F antenna with improved feeding line connection - Google Patents

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US9293826B2
US9293826B2 US14/240,127 US201214240127A US9293826B2 US 9293826 B2 US9293826 B2 US 9293826B2 US 201214240127 A US201214240127 A US 201214240127A US 9293826 B2 US9293826 B2 US 9293826B2
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    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H01Q9/0421—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element
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    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
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  • the present invention pertains to a planar inverted F antenna, and relates to an antenna used, for example, in electronic communication equipment such as a mobile phone and the like.
  • planar inverted F antenna has been used as a high-performance antenna which can be built in small-sized electronic communication equipment such as a wrist watch, a portable terminal, a sensor and the like, and various proposals have been made as indicated in Patent Documents 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 25 shows a basic structure of the inverted F antenna.
  • the planar inverted F antenna is configured by a ground conductive plate 100 which has been grounded, a main conductive plate 300 which functions as an excitation conductive plate to be arranged almost in parallel with the ground conductive plate 100 with a length of (1 ⁇ 4) ⁇ or in the neighborhood thereof relative to a wavelength ⁇ , a short circuit plate 200 for short-circuiting the main conductive plate 300 and the ground conductive plate 100 , and a feeding pin 410 which has been connected to the main conductive plate at a position apart from the short circuit plate 200 by a prescribed distance s.
  • a feeding line to the main conductive plate 300 is configured such that a through-hole 110 is formed in the ground conductive plate 100 so as to supply power from below the ground conductive plate 100 side through the through-hole 110 , thereby minimizing the influence on antenna characteristics.
  • a central conductor of a coaxial line 400 is connected to the main conductive plate 300 as the feeding pin 410 , while an external conductor 420 is connected around the through-hole 110 in the ground conductive plate 100 .
  • This prescribed distance s is determined in accordance with various conditions such as a distance between the ground conductive plate 100 and the main conductive plate 300 , a dielectric constant ⁇ between them and the like and is reduced as the planar inverted F antenna is miniaturized.
  • this prescribed distance s is not more than 10 mm in many cases and is not more than 1 mm in some cases depending on the conditions.
  • the prescribed distance s relative to the feeding point is a value which is strictly determined and even a slight shift (for example, a shift of 0.1 mm) will result in a shift in feeding impedance from 50 ⁇ . A power loss is induced by this mismatching and it becomes impossible to obtain desired antenna characteristics.
  • connection spot of the feeding pin 410 is situated in the vicinity of the short circuit plate 200
  • the position of radiation by the antenna is situated on the open end side opposite to the short circuit plate 200 .
  • the feeding position and the radiation position are situated on the opposite sides as mentioned above, if the feeding position of this antenna is arranged on the end side of the electronic equipment, connection of the feeding pin 410 will become easy, but the radiation position will get into the device. Therefore, it sometimes occurred that the antenna performance is deteriorated under the influence of an electric circuit or, in case of the mobile phone, under the influence of the hand of a person who grips it.
  • the radiation position is arranged on the end side of the electronic equipment by prioritizing the antenna performance, the feeding position will be within the device, and therefore, such a problem occurred that the connection of the feeding pin 410 becomes not easy.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-77072
  • Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-64322
  • the present invention aims to provide a planar inverted F antenna to which a feeding line can be readily connected.
  • the invention provides a planar inverted F antenna, comprising a ground conductive plate which is folded at one or a plurality of point(s) along a prescribed direction and is to be connected to the ground, a main conductive plate folded at one or a plurality of point(s) in the same direction as said prescribed direction, and a short circuiting member for connecting said ground conductive plate and said main conductive plate at one or a plurality of point(s) on one side in said prescribed direction, said main conductive plate, comprising: one or a plurality of slit(s) formed from the other end on the side opposite to the side to which said short circuiting member is connected up to a position where an input impedance of the antenna becomes Z; a microstrip line which is formed between a side end of said main conductive plate and said one slit, or between adjacent slits in said plurality of slits with a width w that a characteristic impedance becomes Z and to which a feeding line is to be connected; and one or
  • the ground conductive plate is formed into a U-shape in section by being folded at two points, and the main conductive plate is formed into the U-shape in section by being folded at two points on the outer side of the ground conductive plate.
  • the ground conductive plate is formed into an L-shape in section by being folded at one point, and the main conductive plate is formed into the L-shape in section by being folded at one point on the outer side of the ground conductive plate.
  • the main conductive plate is folded at the slit part.
  • the ground conductive plate, the short circuiting member and the main conductive plate are integrally formed from one mutually contiguous conductive plate and are formed by being folded in the same direction at a connection part of the ground conducive plate with the short circuiting member and a connection part of the short circuiting member with the main conductive plate.
  • the main conductive plate is formed with the slits by two at positions on both sides equally spaced from a width-wise center of the main conductive plate, by which the microstrip line is formed on the center of the main conductive plate, and a first excitation conductive plate and a second excitation conductive plate are formed on both sides thereof, and are folded in the same direction at the both slit parts.
  • the first excitation conductive plate and the second excitation conductive plate are formed to have different lengths.
  • the first excitation conductive plate and the second excitation conductive plate are formed to have different spaces in space with the ground conductive plate.
  • a through-hole for feeding line is formed in the ground conductive plate at a position corresponding to an open end of the microstrip line.
  • the through-hole is formed into a slit-shape in a longitudinal direction of the microstrip line, and a plurality of through-holes or a slit-shape through-hole are/is formed in the microstrip lines at a position facing the through-hole.
  • the through-hole is formed into a slit-shape in a longitudinal direction of the microstrip line, and a plurality of grooves in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction are formed in the microstrip line at a position facing the through-hole.
  • the present invention since such a configuration has been made that the power is supplied to a feeding point where the input impedance of the antenna becomes Z via the microstrip line of the width w that the characteristic impedance becomes Z, connection of the feeding line to the microstrip line can be readily performed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a planar inverted F antenna pertaining to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 shows structure parameters in the planar inverted F antenna.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective state and sections, concerning a structure regarding a second embodiment in a planer inverted F antenna by diagrams.
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective state, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective state and a section, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective state concerning a structure of a planar inverted antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency.
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective state concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to another embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 shows a perspective state and a section, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective state and a section, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective state, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 shows a structure of a planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment and production thereof.
  • FIG. 12 shows perspective states from its different directions, concerning a basic structure of a folding type planar inverted F antenna.
  • FIG. 13 shows sections of respective parts of a folding type planar inverted F antenna and its modified examples by diagrams.
  • FIG. 14 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 15 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 16 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 17 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 18 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 19 shows a perspective state and a section concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 20 shows respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency by diagrams.
  • FIG. 21 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • FIG. 22 shows a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment and a developed state thereof by diagrams.
  • FIG. 23 shows development views in a case where folding planar inverted F antennas are integrally formed by punching similarly.
  • FIG. 24 shows a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna pertaining to another embodiment and a developed state thereof by diagrams.
  • FIG. 25 is a structure diagram of a conventional planar inverted F antenna.
  • this slit can be formed by machining such as punching, cutting or the like, the slit can be accurately and readily formed up to a line S where the input impedance Z is attained.
  • the power can be supplied to the spot where the input impedance Z is attained via the MSL by providing the slit from the radiation end side of the main conductive plate and using part of the main conductive plate as the MSL as mentioned above.
  • the main conductive plate other than the MSL functions as an excitation conductive plate. Therefore, since with regard to connection of a feeding line from the outside, it may be connected onto the MSL and precision in terms of connection position is not demanded, the attaching work can be facilitated.
  • connection line of the characteristic impedance Z for example, a central conductor of a coaxial line is used and this is connected to the open end of the MSL as the feeding pin. Since the connection position of the feeding pin is not the feeding point where the position precision is demanded and there is no need to consider the position precision, it can be readily connected.
  • connection end of the feeding pin and a radiation end can be provided on the same side.
  • the planar inverted F antenna which is U-shaped or L-shaped in section is formed by folding it on the both sides or one side of the MSL along a length direction of the MSL. That is, there is formed the planar inverted F antenna that the excitation conductive plate and the MSL are installed on the outer side of a ground conductive plate which has been folded to be U-shaped or L-shaped in section, separated from each other by a prescribed distance.
  • a positional relationship between the connection position and the radiation end of the feeding pin can be changed by folding the planar inverted F antenna along the length direction of the MSL.
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 1( a ) shows a perspective state of the planar inverted F antenna 1 and FIG. 1( b ) shows a A-A′ section, both being shown by diagrams for simplification.
  • the planar inverted F antenna 1 is provided with a ground conductive plate 10 , a short circuit plate 20 which functions as a short circuiting member, a main conductive plate 30 and a coaxial line 40 .
  • ground conductive plate 10 the short circuit plate 20 and the main conductive plate 30 are formed by conductive members using a metal such as brass or the like, it is also possible to use a conductive resin and formation on a dielectric substrate is also possible.
  • the ground conductive plate 10 is formed larger than the main conductive plate 30 and at least the radiation end side (the side opposite to the short circuit plate 20 ) of the ground conductive plate 10 is formed longer than the main conductive plate 30 .
  • the short circuit plate 20 is connected to the ground conductive plate 10 at one end and is connected to the main conductive plate 30 at the other end.
  • the short circuit plate 20 physically supports the main conductive plate 30 and grounds the main conductive plate 30 by making the ground conductive plate 10 to short-circuit it.
  • the short circuit plate 20 is connected across the entire width of the main conductive plate 30 by making it to have a length which is the same as a width b (described later) of the main conductive plate 30 , it is sufficient for it to have a function of grounding the main conductive plate 30 by connecting it to the ground conductive plate 10 , and therefore a short circuit plate which is narrower in width may be connected and a short circuit pin may be connected (the same also applies to other embodiments and modified examples which will be described hereinafter).
  • the main conductive plate 30 is formed almost in parallel with the ground conductive plate 10 with the width corresponding to the height of the short circuit plate 20 by connecting the short circuit plate 20 to its end.
  • the main conductive plate 30 needs only be supported by the short circuit plate 20 within a range that it is not in electrical contact with the ground conductive plate 10 , it is not always necessary to be in a completely parallel state, and, for example, they may be in a slightly displaced parallel state. In the following, it will be expressed as “parallel” in the same meaning.
  • a distance h between the ground conductive plate 10 and the main conductive plate 30 is determined by considering physical limitations permitted for the planar inverted F antenna 1 , a bandwidth (for example, the more the distance h is increased, the more the bandwidth which can be used is increased) that the planar inverted F antenna 1 requires, a trade-off with a gain and the like.
  • the main conductive plate 30 is configured by slits 31 a and 31 b , a first excitation conductive plate 32 a , a second excitation conductive plate 32 b , and an MSL 33 and a base 35 .
  • the short circuit plate 20 is connected to one end side of the main conductive plate 30 .
  • the two slits 31 a and 31 b are formed from an open side end (an end on the opposite side of the short circuit plate 20 ) of the main conductive plate 30 up to the line S where the input impedance becomes Z.
  • the slits 31 a and 31 b are formed at positions equally apart from a width-wise center (the position of an A-A′ line) of the main conductive plate 30 in left and right directions. Then, from an inner end of the main conductive plate 30 of the slits 31 a and 31 b up to one end side thereof to which the short circuit plate 20 is connected will be defined as the base 35 .
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a is formed on the outer side of the slit 31 a
  • the microstrip line (MSL) 33 is formed between the both slits 31 a and 31 b
  • the second excitation conductive plate 32 b is formed on the outer side of the slit 31 b.
  • the characteristic impedance Z ( ⁇ ) of the MSL 33 is calculated from the following formula (1).
  • Z ⁇ 87/ ⁇ ( ⁇ r+ 1 ⁇ 41) ⁇ ln [5.98 h /(0.8 w+t )] (1)
  • the width of the base 35 is determined by simulation, trail manufacture or the like every time the planar inverted F antenna 1 is designed.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plates 32 b are configured by including not only the regions where the slits 31 a and 31 b are formed but also the base 35 .
  • Open ends of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b function as radiation ends.
  • the MSL 33 is limited only between the slit 31 a and the slit 31 b and does not include the base 35 .
  • a width g of the slits 31 a and 31 b should be a width sufficient not to be affected by an edge effect (a fringing effect, an influence by growth of an electric field between a conductor plate and a ground plate).
  • the second excitation conductive plate 32 b is eliminated when the width g of the slits 31 a and 31 b satisfies the conditions of the following simplified formula (2) relative to the distance h between the ground conductive plate 10 and the main conductive plate 30 , it is preferable to satisfy the conditions of the numerical formula (2).
  • the conditions by the formula (2) are more preferable conditions, in a case where there exists a restriction from design conditions depending on a product or the like that the planar inverted F antenna 1 is to be arranged, it would be sufficient if it is within a range that the influence is actually little.
  • the simplified width of the slits 31 a and 31 b it can be, for example, at least about 10% of the width of the MSL 33 .
  • a through-hole 11 is formed in the ground conductive plate 10 at a position facing the open end of the MSL 33 .
  • the central conductor of the coaxial line 40 which functions as a feeding pin 41 passes through the through-hole 11 and is connected with the open end of the MSL 33 by welding or the like.
  • an external conductor 42 of the coaxial line 40 is connected with the ground conductive plate 10 by welding or the like on a peripheral edge of the through-hole 11 .
  • connection point of the feeding pin 41 with the MSL 33 and a connection point of the external conductor 42 with the ground conductive plate 10 are indicated by black circles (the same also applies to the other figures).
  • FIG. 2 shows structure parameters of the planar inverted F antenna 1 .
  • the structure parameters of the respective parts of the planar inverted F antenna 1 will be defined as follows.
  • b is the width of the main conductive plate 30 .
  • d is a width of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b.
  • g is the width of the slits 31 a and 31 b (a length of the slit will be (a ⁇ s)).
  • s is the distance from the connection position of the short circuit plate 20 on the main conductive plate 30 to the line S that the input impedance becomes Z.
  • w is the width of the MSL 33 and the width that the characteristic impedance becomes Z is selected as mentioned above. This width w is obtained by appropriately selecting the respective parameters in the above-mentioned formula (1) for obtaining the characteristic impedance.
  • x is a length of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • y is a width of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the above values of the respective structure parameters are merely examples and can be appropriately selected in accordance with a frequency at which reception or transmission is performed, a region where a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 can be arranged and the like.
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 which has adopted the above-mentioned respective structure parameters can be used, for example, as an antenna of a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System).
  • PHS Personal Handy-phone System
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 to be used in a device for a wireless LAN, Bluetooth or the like using radio waves of around 2.45 GHz
  • the planar inverted F antenna 1 in a case where the planar inverted F antenna 1 is to be installed on the communication device such as the mobile phone or the like, it can be installed such that the open end side of the MSL 33 is situated not within a substrate of the communication device but on an end side of the communication device. Thus, it becomes easy to connect feeding pins 41 , 43 to the MSL 33 from the end side of the communication device.
  • the open end sides of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b are situated on the end side of the communication device similarly to the MSL 33 , such a thing that the antenna performance is deteriorated by being influenced by the electronic circuit or influenced by the hand of the person who grips it in the case of the mobile phone can be avoided.
  • the slits 31 a , 31 b of the planar inverted F antenna 1 have been taken in a longitudinal direction (the connection points of the feeding pins 41 , 43 are on the upper side or lower side) of the communication device, vertical polarization would result. In a case where they have been taken in a lateral direction, horizontal polarization would result. Therefore, in a case where the planar inverted F antenna 1 is to be used in the mobile phone or the PHS that main reception is performed by vertical polarization, the slits 31 a and 31 b are installed so as to orient in the longitudinal direction.
  • the width w of the MSL 33 is selected such that the input impedance of the position (the feeding point) which is at the distance s becomes Z and also the characteristic impedance of the transmission line becomes Z.
  • the two slits 31 a and 31 b are provided in the main conductive plate 30 from its open end side so as to use part of the main conductive plate 30 as the microstrip line (MSL) 33 .
  • the width w of the MSL 33 is selected such that the characteristic impedance becomes Z, for example, the central conductor of the coaxial line can be connected to the open end of the MSL 33 as the feeding pin and the precision is not demanded with regard to the connection position thereof. Therefore, the planar inverted F antenna 1 can be readily manufactured.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective state (a), and A-A′ sections (b) and (c) by diagrams, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to a second embodiment.
  • the feeding line is laid from below the ground conductive plate 10 by providing the through-hole 11 provided in the ground conductive plate 10 in the planar inverted F antenna 1 described in FIG. 1
  • the feeding line is laid not from below the ground conductive plate 10 but from a side face side (the outer side) of the open end of the MSL 33 .
  • the ground conductive plate 10 is connected to the ground by connecting the external conductor 42 of the coaxial line 40 to the peripheral edge of the through-hole 11
  • it can be connected to the ground by connecting a conductor 44 to an arbitrary position of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • FIG. 3( c ) there is the A-A′ sectional diagram of the planar inverted F antenna 1 that the open end side of the MSL 33 has been formed longer than the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b such that it is situated at almost the same position as the end of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the microstrip line exhibits the same characteristic impedance without being influenced by the length.
  • the MSL 33 up to the end of the ground conductive plate 10 , it can be connected from below the ground conductive plate 10 and from its side face side by using the feeding pin 41 of the coaxial line 40 with no provision of the through-hole 11 in the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the external conductor 42 of the coaxial line 40 it is also possible to connect to an end face of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • any of a method by a through type that the feeding pin 41 is connected through the through-hole 11 provided in the ground conductive plate 10 as described in the first embodiment and a method by an external type that the feeding pin 43 is connected from the outside of the open end of the ground conductive plate 10 as described in the second embodiment can be adopted.
  • any of the through type and the external type can be selected excepting a case that it is mentioned that it is limited to any one of the feeding types, only any one of the feeding types will be shown for the convenience of illustration.
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective state concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment.
  • one slit 31 c is formed at a position where the width w is attained from one side end of the main conductive plate 30 .
  • the MSL 33 is formed on one side (the left side in the figure) of this slit 31 c and an excitation conductive plate 32 d is formed on the other side.
  • the length of the slit 31 c is formed up to the line S where the input impedance becomes Z similarly to the first embodiment.
  • a value that the characteristic impedance of the MSL 33 becomes Z is selected similarly to the embodiment.
  • the width of the excitation conductive plate 32 d is about two times that of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a in the first embodiment, it is also possible to make it more or less than that.
  • the width of the planar inverted F antenna 1 can be narrowed and the planar inverted F antenna 1 can be miniaturized.
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 can be more miniaturized by making the width of the excitation conductive plate 32 d almost the same as the width of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective state (a), and an A-A′ section (b), concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • the feeding type of the planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 5 is basically limited to the through type. However, that it is possible to perform external type feeding without using the through-hole is common to all of the planar inverted F antennas 1 formed into the through type.
  • a through-hole 11 b to be installed in the ground conductive plate 10 is formed not into a circular shape but into a slit-like shape which is elongated in a length direction of the MSL 33 .
  • the position of the feeding pin 41 to be connected to the MSL 33 can be freely selected within a range of the length of the through-hole 11 b , and the degree of freedom in feeding line arrangement can be raised.
  • FIGS. 5( a ) and ( b ) a case that the feeding pin 41 has been connected to the endmost on the open end side is shown in FIGS. 5( a ) and ( b ) .
  • through-holes through which the feeding pin 41 passes may be provided in a plurality of spots of the MSL 33 corresponding to the through-hole 11 b and the feeding pin 41 may be made to pass through the through-hole concerned and may be welded from above.
  • a plurality of width-wise grooves may be formed in the MSL 33 so as to adjust the length by folding the MSL 33 along the grooves at the connection position of the feeding pin 41 .
  • the length of the MSL 33 can be varied as mentioned above because the length of the microstrip line is not defined as a parameter of the characteristic impedance.
  • planar inverted F antennas 1 which have been made compatible with multifrequency will be described with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 10 by other embodiments.
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective state concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency.
  • the planer inverted F antenna 1 of this embodiment has been made compatible with multifrequency by changing the lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b formed on the both sides of the MSL 33 .
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective state concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to another embodiment.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a has been formed long and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b has been formed short using the length of the MSL 33 as a reference. It is also possible to make a great difference between the lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b as mentioned above also including the example in FIG. 6 .
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a which has been formed longer than the MSL 33 , it is necessary to hold it within a range which is not longer than the open side end face of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • FIG. 8 shows a perspective state (a), and an A 2 -A 2 ′ section (b), concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • multifrequency performance has been enabled by changing the lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b
  • multifrequency performance is enabled by making the lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b the same as each other and changing the distances from the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the not shown first excitation conductive plate 32 a maintains the same height h along the full length.
  • the second excitation conductive plate 32 b is formed to be h1 (h1 ⁇ h) in height of a part from a folded spot to the open end by folding downward (toward the ground conductive plate 10 side) two times at any spot corresponding to the slit 31 b.
  • the second excitation conductive plate 32 b may be folded not downward but upward.
  • one of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b may be folded downward and the other may be folded upward.
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective state (a), and a C-C′ section (b), concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment by diagrams.
  • multifrequency performance has been enabled by folding one or both of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b downward, or upward so as to change the distances between them and the ground conductive plate 10 b
  • multifrequency performance has been enabled by folding a ground conductive plate 10 b downward two times along a longitudinal virtual line of the MSL 33 .
  • a difference between the distance between it and the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the distance between it and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b may be made large by folding the ground conductive plate 10 upward at a position facing the slit 31 a and further folding it downward at a position facing the slit 31 b.
  • planar inverted F antennas 1 pertaining to the embodiments described in FIGS. 8 and 9 mentioned above, multifrequency performance has been attained by making a difference between the distance of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the distance of the second excitation conductive plate 32 b relative to the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • a dielectric substrate other than air for example, a glass substrate ( ⁇ r ⁇ 4.7) or the like is arranged on any one of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b.
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective state, concerning a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to a further embodiment.
  • the multifrequency compatible planar inverted F antennas 1 in FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 have been made compatible with two frequencies by setting the lengths or heights h of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b to different values.
  • a third excitation conductive plate 32 c is provided on the outer side of the second excitation conductive plate 32 b via a slit 31 c as shown in FIG. 10 and the respective lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a , the second excitation conductive plate 32 b and the third excitation conductive plate 32 c are set to different values so as to be made compatible with three frequencies.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a to n -th excitation conductive plate 32 (n ⁇ 4) may be provided.
  • the slits 31 a and 31 b to be formed on the both sides of the MSL 33 are formed similarly to the first embodiment.
  • the slit 31 c to be formed between the excitation conductive plate 32 b and the excitation conductive plate 32 c may be formed from the open end up to the line S that the input impedance becomes Z, since the slit 31 c is not the slit for forming the MSL 33 , this is not necessarily the case.
  • the base 35 corresponding to the excitation conductive plate 32 c ranges from an inner end of the slit 31 c up to the short circuit plate 20 .
  • the width of the slit 31 c is determined from the viewpoint of mutual interference prevention among the excitation conductive plates 32 .
  • FIG. 11 shows a structure of a planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to a further embodiment and production thereof.
  • the short circuit plate 20 is connected to a prescribed distance u (u ⁇ x ⁇ a: see FIG. 2 for x, a) from the end face of the ground conductive plate 10 . Connection in this case is made by welding or the like.
  • the short circuit plate 20 is connected with the end of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the ground conductive plate 10 , the short circuit plate 20 , and the main conductive plate 30 may be also formed integrally by punching or cutting a conductive member 50 using a metal such as brass or the like as shown in FIG. 11( c ) .
  • the planar inverted F antenna 1 is formed by folding (valley-folding) it by about 90 degrees each time at a connection spot of the ground conductive plate 10 with the short circuit plate 20 and a connection spot of the short circuit plate 20 with the main conductive plate 30 until the ground conductive plate 10 and the main conductive plate 30 come into parallel with each other.
  • the feeding pin 41 is welded to the open end of the MSL 33 through the through-hole 11 and the external conductor 42 is connected to the peripheral edge of the through-hole 11 in this planar inverted F antenna 1 , by which the planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 11( a ) is formed.
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 of the through type as the feeding line has been described in FIG. 11 , in a case where the external type planar inverted antenna 1 is to be formed, the through-hole 11 is unnecessary.
  • the ground conductive plate 10 , the short circuit plate 20 and the main conductive plate 30 may be integrally formed by similarly punching and may be formed by folding as the planar inverted F antenna 1 modified to the type that the short circuit plate 20 is connected to the end of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the short circuit plate 20 may be provided only on the second excitation conductive plate 32 b part, it is also possible to provide it also on the MSL 33 and first excitation conductive plate 32 a parts.
  • the short circuit plate 20 corresponding to the height of the part concerned is integrally formed to be contiguous to any one side of the ground conductive plate 10 side and the base 35 side, is folded and thereafter is welded with the other side.
  • planar inverted F antennas 1 described in FIG. 12 and succeeding figures it is formed to be U-shaped in section or L-shaped in section by folding one or two spots along the length direction of the MSL 33 .
  • FIG. 12 shows perspective states from its different directions, concerning a basic structure of a folding type planar inverted F antenna 1 .
  • FIG. 13 shows sections of respective parts of the folding type planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 and modified examples thereof by diagrams.
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 it is of the type that the planar inverted F antenna 1 in the first embodiment has been folded into the U-shape in section.
  • the short circuit plate 20 it is formed by being divided for every faces corresponding to the first excitation conductive plate 32 a , the MSL 33 , and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b.
  • the planar inverted F antenna 1 is formed with a first ground conductive plate 10 a , a third ground conductive plate 10 p , and a second ground conductive plate 10 b by folding the ground conductive plate 10 into the U-shape in section.
  • the section of the base 35 is also formed into the U-shape by folding two spots of an almost central part of the slit 31 a and an almost central part of the slit 31 b.
  • first ground conductive plate 10 a and the first excitation conductive plate 32 a are short-circuited (connected) by a first short circuit plate 20 a
  • third ground conductive plate 10 p and the MSL 33 are short-circuited by a third short circuit plate 20 p
  • second ground conductive plate 10 b and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b are short-circuited by a second short circuit plate 20 b.
  • any of the embodiments it is also possible to adopt the feeding line of either the through type (including a slot type) or the external type as described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. Then, with respect to the A-A′ section in that case, in the case of FIG. 12 , it will be as shown in FIG. 13( a ) if it is the through type one and will be as shown in FIG. 13( b ) if it is the external type one.
  • the feeding line is omitted and indicated in perspective views and the external type is shown in the A-A′ section in the both types.
  • the external type it is connected to the ground at an arbitrary spot of the ground conductive plate 10 as shown in FIGS. 3( b ) and ( c ) , also indication of the connection state to the ground is omitted in the A-A′ sectional diagrams including FIG. 13( b ) .
  • FIG. 13( b ) a state in which between the feeding pin 43 and the connection point shown by a black circle is connected by a dotted line is indicated as shown in FIG. 13( b ) , this shows that any of the both types in FIGS. 3( b ) and ( c ) is possible.
  • FIG. 13( c ) shows a B-B′ section of the planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 .
  • FIG. 13( d ) shows a C-C′ section of the planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 .
  • FIG. 13( e ) shows a D-D′ section of the same.
  • FIGS. 13( f ) and ( g ) show C-C′ sections for modified examples of the planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 .
  • the ones coping with such the case are the modified examples shown in FIGS. 13( f ) and ( g ) .
  • the distances from the MSL 33 to the first ground conductive plate 10 a , the second ground conductive plate 10 b , and the third ground conductive plate 10 p should be constant.
  • the distances may not necessarily be constant.
  • planar inverted F antenna 1 As described above, according to the folding type planar inverted F antenna 1 , it becomes possible to arrange the planar inverted F antenna 1 in a narrower region by arranging a circuit board of the electronic equipment such as the mobile phone or the like in an inner part which has been formed into the U-shape or L-shape in section of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the planar inverted F antenna 1 of the present embodiment it is formed into the U-shape in section and the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b are arranged on mutually parallel surfaces.
  • the radiation apertures (the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b ) of the antenna can be arranged on the both of rear and front surface sides of the electronic equipment.
  • FIG. 14 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • all of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a , the MSL 33 and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b are connected to the ground conductive plate 10 respectively by the first short circuit plate 20 a , the third short circuit plate 20 p and the second short circuit plate 20 b.
  • the main conductive plate 30 and the ground conductive plate 10 simply connect the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the first ground conductive plate 10 a by the first short circuit plate 20 a.
  • connection (short circuiting) of the ground conductive plate 10 with the main conductive plate 30 may be made by any one or arbitrary two of the first short circuit plate 20 a , the second short circuit plate 20 b and the third short circuit plate 20 p so as to connect at one or two spot(s), and further they may be connected at all spots.
  • FIG. 15 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • the main conductive plate 30 has been folded into the U-shape such that one fourth ground conductive plate 10 d is installed between the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b in parallel.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the fourth ground conductive plate 10 d are connected together by the first short circuit plate 20 a
  • the second excitation conductive plate 32 b and the fourth ground conductive plate 10 d may be connected together by the first short circuit plate 20 a and both of them may be connected together.
  • the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 can be thinned.
  • the main conductive plate 30 may be folded at one or two spots on the MSL 33 as described in FIGS. 13( f ) and ( g ) depending on the design condition of the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 .
  • FIG. 16 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a is singly used as the excitation conductive plate, and it has been formed so as to make the MSL 33 parallel with the first excitation plate 32 a.
  • the ground conductive plate 10 which has been folded into the U-shape is defined as the first ground conductive plate 10 a , a fifth ground conductive plate 10 e and the third ground conductive plate 10 p in order.
  • a wide slit is formed at one spot in the central part of the main conductive plate 30 , one side thereof is defined as the first excitation plate 32 a and the other side thereof is defined as the MSL 33 and it is folded at two spots on a part of the base 35 where the slit is formed.
  • the first excitation plate 32 a and the first ground conductive plate 10 a are connected together by the first short circuit plate 20 a
  • the base 35 corresponding to the slit part and the fifth ground conductive plate 10 e are connected together by a fifth short circuit plate 20 e
  • the MSL 33 and the third ground conductive plate 10 p are connected together by a third short circuit plate 20 p.
  • the MSL 33 is arranged in parallel with the first excitation conductive plate 32 a , thinning can be implemented by narrowing the width of the fifth ground conductive plate 10 e.
  • the first ground conductive plate 10 a and the third ground conductive plate 10 p may be commonalized as one ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the single ground conductive 10 in this case is made the same as the fourth ground conductive plate 10 d described in FIG. 15 and the fifth short circuit plate 20 e becomes unnecessary.
  • FIG. 17 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • This folding planar inverted F antenna 1 is of a configuration which becomes possible because the MSL 33 has been arranged not on the central part of the base 35 but on its end in parallel with the first excitation conductive plate 32 a.
  • this embodiment makes it possible to omit any one of the first short circuit plate 20 a and the third short circuit plate 20 p.
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 show perspective states and respective sections concerning structures of folding planar inverted F antennas 1 pertaining to other embodiments by diagrams.
  • the folding planar inverted F antennas 1 shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are of the kind that the main conductive plate 30 has been formed into the L-shape in section by folding it only at one spot.
  • the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 in FIG. 18 is of the configuration which is the same as that of a state that the second excitation conductive plate 32 b has been cut off at the slit 31 b part in the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 14 .
  • FIGS. 18( b ) and ( c ) show a C-C′ section and a D-D′ section in FIG. 18( a ) by diagrams.
  • FIGS. 18 ( d ) and ( e ) show the C-C′ section and the D-D′ section (the sections of the same places as those in FIG. 18( a ) ) of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 in a modified example of the present embodiment by diagrams.
  • the ground conductive plate 10 of the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 has been configured similarly to a state that the second ground conductive plate 10 b part has been cut off. That is, also the ground conductive plate 10 has been configured into the L-shape in section similarly to the main conductive plate 30 .
  • FIG. 19 shows a perspective state and a section concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • the main conductive plate 30 that the slits 31 a and 31 b are formed on the both sides of the MSL 33 is used and has been folded at one spot on the slit 31 b part.
  • the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b can be arranged on orthogonal surfaces.
  • FIG. 20 shows respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency by diagrams.
  • multifrequency performance is enabled by changing the lengths of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b in the folding planar inverted F antennas 1 respectively described in FIG. 12 , FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 .
  • FIGS. 20( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) respectively correspond to the respective B-B′ sections in FIG. 13( c ) , FIG. 14( c ) and FIG. 15( c ) .
  • the first short circuit plate 20 a is connected only to the first excitation conductive plate 32 a side which has been formed long in length
  • the second short circuit plate 20 b may be connected to the second excitation conductive plate 32 b which has been formed short.
  • FIG. 21 shows a perspective state and respective sections concerning a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been made compatible with multifrequency pertaining to another embodiment by diagrams.
  • This embodiment has been made compatible with multifrequency by making a difference between the distance of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the distance of the second excitation conductive plate 32 b relative to the ground conductive plate 10 similarly to the embodiments shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 by displacing the arrangement position of the ground conductive plate 10 relative to the main conductive plate 30 which has been folded into the U-shape in a thickness direction.
  • a multifrequency compatible folding planar inverted F antenna 1 may be configured by folding the first excitation conductive plate 32 a or the second excitation conductive plate 32 b at the line S part where the input impedance becomes Z in a direction closer to or apart from the ground conductive plate 10 as shown in FIG. 8 for the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 .
  • one of the first excitation conductive plate 32 a and the second excitation conductive plate 32 b may be folded in the direction closer to the ground conductive plate 10 and the other may be folded in the direction apart therefrom for the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 12 .
  • FIG. 22 shows a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment and a developed state thereof by diagrams.
  • each short circuit plate 20 is connected to the prescribed distance u (u ⁇ x ⁇ a: see FIG. 2 for x, a) from the end face of the ground conductive plate 10 by welding or the like.
  • each short circuit plate 20 (the third short circuit plate 20 p in FIG. 22 ) is made to be connected with the end of the ground conductive plate 10 (the third ground conductive plate 10 p in FIG. 22 ).
  • the ground conductive plate 10 , the short circuit plate 20 and the main conductive plate 30 may be formed integrally by punching or cutting the conductive member 50 using the metal such as brass or the like as shown in FIG. 22( a ) .
  • the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 shown in FIG. 22( b ) is formed by valley-folding the dotted line parts corresponding to the slits 31 a and 31 b in the base 35 .
  • the ground conductive plate 10 , the short circuit plate 20 , and the main conductive plate 30 may be integrally formed similarly by punching or the like and formed by folding as a planar inverted F antenna 1 which has been modified to the type that the short circuit plate 20 is connected to the end of the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • FIGS. 23( a ) and ( b ) show development elevations of a case that the folding planar inverted F antennas 1 respectively described in FIG. 14 and FIG. 12 are to be integrally formed similarly by punching.
  • connection of the ground conductive plate 10 with the main conductive plate 30 is connected at any one spot on the U-shape (the third short circuit plate 20 p in FIG. 22 and the second short circuit plate 20 b in FIG. 23( a ) ), they may be configured to be connected together at arbitrary two of three spots and at the three spots.
  • FIG. 23( b ) is an example that the short circuit plate 20 is connected at three spots on the U-shape.
  • the both sides of any one of the short circuit plates 20 are integrally processed to be contiguous to the ground conductive plate 10 and the main conductive plate 30 .
  • each is integrally processed to be contiguous to any one side of the ground conductive plate 10 and the main conductive plate 30 , and the other side is cut off.
  • the third short circuit plate 20 p is formed integrally with the third ground conductive plate 10 p and the MSL 33
  • the first short circuit plate 20 a is formed integrally with the first excitation conductive plate 32 a
  • the second short circuit plate 20 b is formed integrally with the second excitation conductive plate 32 b.
  • first short circuit plate 20 a and the first ground conductive plate 10 a are separated from each other, and the second short circuit plate 20 b and the second ground conductive plate 10 b are separated from each other.
  • their other sides are valley-folded at the dotted line parts and thereafter they are connected together by welding or the like.
  • FIG. 24 shows a structure of a folding planar inverted F antenna 1 pertaining to another embodiment and a developed state thereof by diagrams.
  • the folding planar inverted F antenna 1 of this embodiment is also the one which has been integrally formed by punching or the like, it is of a configuration that the feeding line of the external type described in FIG. 3( c ) is laid. That is, the structure is such that the coaxial line 40 is used as the feeding line, the feeding pin 41 is connected to the open end of the MSL 33 with no provision of the through-hole 11 , and the external conductor 42 is connected to the ground conductive plate 10 .
  • the length of the MSL 33 is formed to be the same as the length of the first ground conductive plate 10 a (the second ground conductive plate 10 b ), and a notch part 10 g is formed in the open end side (the left side in the figure) of the third ground conductive plate 10 p . It is preferable that the depth (in the length direction of the MSL 33 ) of this notch be set to about the radius of the coaxial line 40 to be connected.
  • the external conductor 42 of the coaxial line 40 is connected to the ground conductive plate 10 at a position where a prescribed space of such extent that the feeding pin 41 is not in contact with the ground conductive plate 10 is left and the tip of the feeding pin 41 is slightly bent and is welded to the MSL 33 .
  • the section becomes rectangularity, and the section takes the ladle-like shape by folding adjacent two spots in the same direction and the remaining one spot in the opposite direction.
  • one or a plurality of spot(s) may be folded in the longitudinal direction of the slit and the other one or plurality of spot(s) may be folded in a direction (for example, an orthogonal direction) intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the slit.
  • a planar inverted F antenna comprising a ground conductive plate to be connected to the ground, a short circuiting member connected to said ground conductive plate, and a main conductive plate to the side of one end of which said short circuiting member is connected, said main conductive plate, comprising: one or a plurality of slit(s) formed from the other end on the side opposite to the side to which said short circuiting member has been connected up to a position where an input impedance of the antenna becomes Z; a microstrip line which is formed between a side end of said main conductive plate and said one slit, or between adjacent slits in said plurality of slits with a width w that a characteristic impedance becomes Z and to which a feeding line is to be connected; and one or a plurality of excitation conductive plate(s) formed on a side of said slit to which said microstrip line is not adjacent.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 1, wherein said ground conductive plate, said short circuiting member and said main conductive plate are integrally formed from one mutually contiguous conductive plate and are formed by being folded in the same direction at a connection part of said ground conducive plate with said short circuiting member and a connection part of said short circuiting member with said main conductive plate.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 1 or structure 2, wherein said slits are formed by two at positions on both sides equally spaced from a width-wise center of said main conductive plate, by which the microstrip line is formed on the center of said main conductive plate, and a first excitation conductive plate and a second excitation conductive plate are formed on both sides thereof.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 3 wherein said first excitation conductive plate and said second excitation conductive plate are formed to have different lengths.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 3 wherein said first excitation conductive plate and said second excitation conductive plate are formed to have different spaces in space with said ground conductive plate.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to any one of structure 1 to structure 5, wherein a through-hole for feeding line is formed in said ground conductive plate at a position corresponding to an open end of said microstrip line.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 6 wherein said through-hole is formed into a slit-shape in a longitudinal direction of said microstrip line, and a plurality of through-holes or a slit-shape through-hole are/is formed in said microstrip lines at a position facing said through-hole.
  • planar inverted F antenna according to structure 6 wherein said through-hole is formed into a slit-shape in a longitudinal direction of said microstrip line, and a plurality of grooves in a direction intersecting with said longitudinal direction are formed in said microstrip line at a position facing said through-hole.

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